© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

ClassificationsArt of the Americas

Ceremonial Chua (Plate) with Feline Head

AAT Object Form/FunctionChuas

Place CreatedPeru, South America

CultureInka

PeriodLate Horizon

Date1476-1534 CE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineGift of William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau

Dimensions3 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (8.9 x 23.5 x 19 cm)

Object number1989.008.053

Exhibition HistoryPre-Columbian Art from the Collections of Paul A. Clifford and William C. Thibadeau, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, February 13 - April 4, 1971
Seeing with New Eyes: Pre-Columbian Art from the Thibideau Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, March 4 - October 13, 1992
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 13, 2002 - June 2012
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 9, 2013 - March 13, 2019
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 2, 2019 - Present
Published ReferencesRebecca Stone-Miller, Seeing With New Eyes: Highlights of the Michael C. Carlos Museum Collection of Art of the Ancient Americas (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2002), 250-251, figure 563.

ProvenanceEx coll. William (1920-2002) and Carol (1921-2019) Thibadeau, Atlanta, Georgia, purchased from Alan C. Lapiner (1933-1975) [Arts of the Four Quarters], New York, New York, October 5, 1970.

Status

On view

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